intermedio activiites unit 3

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL UNIT 3- SENA CENTRO

COLOMBO- ALEMÁN- REGIONAL ATLÁNTICO

Meiby Balza Corrales

Lester Navas Escorcia

Raul Iriarte

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UNIT 3

TRANSPORT II

WHAT’S IN THIS UNIT?

Present perfect simple

Present perfect continuous

Public transport II

Writing about transportation problems in our city

Vocabulary about massive transport facilities

Tell us something about the transport of your hometown

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LONDON UNDERGROUND

The London Underground is a public transport network,

composed of electrified railways (that is, a metro system)

that run underground in tunnels in central London and

above ground in the city's suburbs. The oldest

metropolitan underground network in the world, first

operating in 1863, the London Underground is usually

referred to as either simply "the Underground" by

Londoners, or (more familiarly) as "the Tube".

Since 2003, the Tube has been part of Transport for London (TfL), which also schedules

and lets contracts for the famous red double-decker buses. Previously London Transport

was the holding company for London Underground.

There are currently 275 open stations and over 253 miles (408 km) of active lines, with

three million passengers journeys made each day (927 million journeys made 1999-2000;

there are a number of stations and tunnels now closed).

Lines on the Underground can be classified into two types: sub-surface and deep level.

The sub-surface lines were dug by the cut-and-cover method, with the tracks running

about 5 metres below the surface. Trains on the sub-surface lines have the same loading

gauge as British mainline trains.

The deep-level or "tube" lines, bored using a tunnelling shield, run about 20 metres below

the surface (although this varies considerably), with each track running in a separate

tunnel lined with cast-iron rings. These tunnels can have a diameter as small as 3.56m

(11ft 8.25in) and the loading gauge is thus considerably smaller than on the sub-surface

lines, though standard gauge track is used.

Lines of both types usually emerge onto the surface outside the central area, the

exceptions being the Victoria Line which is in tunnel for its entire length save for a

maintenance depot, and the Waterloo & City Line which, being very short, has no non-

central part and no surface line.

Each station displays the Underground logo containing the station's name in place of the

word "Underground", both at entrances to the station and repeatedly along the station

walls so that they can easily be seen by passengers on arriving trains.

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In addition, many stations' walls are decorated in tile motifs that are unique to the station,

such as profiles of Sherlock Holmes' head at the Baker Street station or a cross containing

a crown at the King's Cross station.

Questions about the text

1. The London Underground runs, as the name implies, all the time underground.

True. False. We don't know.

2. There are more than 275 stations.


3. The sub-surface lines run about

a. five metres below the surface. b. fifteen metres below the surface. c. twenty

metres below the surface.

4. The Waterloo & City line is the longest in the system.


5. Baker Street station is decorated with profiles of Sherlock Holmes' head.


6. It is estimated that there are

927 million passengers per day. 1 million passengers per year. 3 million

passengers per day.

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1. VOCABULARY CORNER. Do it yourself!!!

Instructions: Look up the following words / phrases in your dictionary. Make

sentences and a dialogue using them.

WORD / PHRASE DEFINITION / SYNONYM TRANSLATION

Customs office

Double-decker

Baggage

Boarding pass

Book (verb)

Carousel

Claim area

Fasten - Unfasten

Make nervous

Name tag

Railways

Schedule or timetable

Seatbelt

Take away

The loading gauge It defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures

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Tile motifs a thin square or rectangular slab of baked clay, concrete, etc., used in overlapping rows for covering roofs with a single or recurring image forming a design.

Window seat

Discuss the following questions with a partner.

1. Do you charge your plane tickets or pay cash? 2. Why do customs officers take away fruit and plants at the airport? 3. What’s the advantage of booking your hotel room? 4. Will you choose a window seat or a seat in the aisle next time you travel? 5. When can you fasten – unfasten your seatbelt?

VOCABULARY II

Things you should keep in mind Things you may hear

How can I tell if...?

What should I do than/ next / after that?

Can I get this discount pass from normal

ticket machines or from special ticket

machines?

Can I buy a ticket / card / pass only on

Monday or any day?

How does the discount card work?

You need to insert the ticket / card /

pass into the machine.

Activity: Write a dialog including the words you have just learnt

LISTENING III

Instructions: Matt has just arrived in Osaka, Japan. He wants to get around by public

transport. Kumiko, an Information Officer, helps him. Listen to their conversation. Tick √

the information that Matt asks about.

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a. train timetables ______

b. ticket machines ______

c. late night train services ______

d. ticket prices ______

e. train and bus connections ______

GRAMMAR

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

FORM

Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Progressive

irregular verbs: form of 'have' + 3rd column of

irregular verbs

Example:

I / you / we / they have spoken

he / she / it has spoken

regular verbs: form of 'have' + infinitive + ed

Example:

I / you / we / they have worked

he / she / it has worked

form of 'have' + been + verb + ing

Example:

I / you / we / they have been speaking

he / she / it has been speaking

Exceptions

Exceptions when adding 'ed' :

when the final letter is e, only add d

Example:

love - loved

after a short, stressed vowel, the final

consonant is doubled

Example:

admit - admitted

final l is always doubled in British English

(not in American English)

Example:

travel - travelled

Exceptions when adding 'ing' :

silent e is dropped. (but: does not apply for

-ee)

Example: come - coming

aber: agree - agreeing

after a short, stressed vowel, the final

consonant is doubled

Example: sit - sitting

after a vowel, the final consonant l is

doubled in British English (but not in

American English).

Example: travel - travelling

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after a consonant, final y becomes i (but:

not after a vowel)

Example:

worry - worried

but: play - played

final ie becomes y.

Example: lie - lying

USE

Result or duration?

Do you want to express what has happened so far or how long an action has been going

on?


Result (what / how much / how often)

I have written 5 letters. / I have been to London

twice.

Duration (how long)

I have been writing for an hour.

Emphasis on completion or duration?

Do you want to emphasize the completion of an action or its continuous course (how has

somebody spent his time)?


Emphasis on completion

I have done my homework. (Meaning: My homework is completed now.)

Emphasis on duration

I have been doing my homework. (Meaning: That's how I have spent my time. It does not matter whether the homework is completed now.)

Result or side effect?

Do you want to express that a completed action led to a desired result or give reason for the results obtained.


Result Expressing why we have a result

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I have washed the car. (Result: The car is clean now.)

Why are you so wet? - I have been washing the car.

EXERCISES ON PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE Positive Sentences Write positive sentences in present perfect simple The following people have just completed an action.

1. Bob / visit / his grandma

_______________________________________________

2. Jimmy / play / on the computer

_________________________________________

3. Sue and Walter / wash / their car _______________________________________

4. Andrew / repair / his bike

_______________________________________________

5. Phil / help / Anne with maths

___________________________________________

6. Brad and Louise / watch / a film ________________________________________

7. Tamara / talk to / her best friend _______________________________________

8. Bridgette / draw / a picture

_____________________________________________

Negative Sentences

Write negative sentences in present perfect simple.

The weather was wonderful today. So the children were in the park all afternoon and have

not done their household chores:

1. Carolina / not / wash the dishes ________________________________________

2. Anita / not / clean the kitchen __________________________________________

3. Maureen and Gavin / not / water the plants ______________________________

4. Joey / not / make his bed

______________________________________________

5. David / not / buy milk

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6. Carolina / not / be to the baker's _______________________________________

7. Aran and Jack / not / do their homework ________________________________

8. Jane and Ben / not / tidy up their rooms ________________________________

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Questions Write questions in present perfect simple.

1. you / answer / the

question________________________________________________

2. Jenny / lock / the door

___________________________________________________

3. Walter / call / us

________________________________________________________

4. you / see / the

picture_____________________________________________________

5. your parents / get / the letter

_____________________________________________

6. it / rain / a lot

____________________________________________________________

7. how often / we / sing / the song

__________________________________________

8. Maureen / watch / the film

_________________________________________________

9. how many books / Bob / read

_____________________________________________

EXERCISES ON PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE Positive Sentences Write positive sentences in present perfect progressive.

1. Albert / squash / play

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2. Carolina / the match / watch

_____________________________________________

3. we / in the park / wait

__________________________________________________

4. you / a song / sing

_____________________________________________________

5. I / a magazine / read

___________________________________________________

6. it / rain / all day

_______________________________________________________

7. Phil and Greg / a race / run

_____________________________________________

8. she / her teeth / brush

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9. the Millers / in London / live / for three years ______________________________

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10. we / on the lake / sail

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Negative Sentences

Write negative sentences in present perfect progressive.

1. we / not / in the mountains / walk

_________________________________________

2. Beatrice / not / in Boston / teach

___________________________________________

3. Ricky / not / the car / wash

________________________________________________

4. she / not / a poem / write

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5. we / not / tea /

drink_______________________________________________________

6. we / not / our rooms / clean

_______________________________________________

7. the children / not / on the floor / sleep

_____________________________________

8. Jeff and Linda / not / cycle

________________________________________________

9. Christine / not / her home / decorate

_______________________________________

Questions

Write questions in present perfect progressive.

1. she / on the phone / talk _____________________________________________

2. his brother / dinner / cook _____________________________________________

3. Jane and Mary / badminton / play ______________________________________

4. Sue / in the gym / exercise_____________________________________________

5. Robert / the room /

paint________________________________________________

6. they / trees /

plant______________________________________________________

7. Henry / in the garage /

work_____________________________________________

8. they / in the lake /

swim________________________________________________

9. how long / Boris / English /

learn_________________________________________

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10. how long / you / for me / wait___________________________________________

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE Put the verbs into the correct tense (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect

Progressive).

Situation 1

A: (you / take)______________________________the dog for a walk yet?

B: I______________________________(work) all day.

I____________________________ (come / just) home from work and

I_________________________ (have / not) the time yet to walk the dog.

A: How long ______________________________ (the dog / be) home alone?

B: For about 6 hours. You ______________________________ (walk / not) the dog for a

long time. Don't you want to go?

A: Well, I ______________________________(laze / not) about all day either, you know. I

have a very important meeting tomorrow and I still______________________________

(finish / not) my presentation.

B: Okay, I will go then. Where ______________________________(you / put) collar and

leash?

A: They are in the kitchen. By the way, ______________________________ (you / eat)

anything yet? If not, could you get us something from the supermarket?

Situation 2

A: I ______________________________ (call) for you for half an hour. Where

______________________________ (be)? And why are your clothes so dirty?

B: I ______________________________ (tidy) up the shed in the garden.

A: ______________________________ (you / find) a box with old photos there? I

______________________________ (look) for it for ages.

B: I ______________________________ (discover / not) it yet, but

I____________________________________(work / not) for a long time.

I___________________________________(come / just) in to eat something.

A: I___________________________________ (cook / not) anything yet because

I___________________________________ (talk) to our neighbour.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect

Progressive).

1. I ______________________________ (play / not) on the computer for half an

hour, only for about 5 minutes.

2. Bob ______________________________ (drive / not) a car for eight years.

3. Carla______________________________ (go / not) on holiday for three years.

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4. We______________________________ (run / not) for 40 minutes - there are still

10 minutes left.

5. They______________________________ (smoke / not) for 10 days now.

WRITING Instructions: A friend of yours is coming to Barranquilla for the first time; explain to

him the means of transportation we have here using the grammar and the vocabulary studied in unit 3. _____________________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ON LINE RESOURCES

http://www.lyricstraining.com/. Listening http://www.wordreference.com/. Dictionary http://www.howjsay.com/. Pronunciation http://www.ego4u.com Grammar and vocabulary. http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html. Phrasal verbs

http://www.lyricstraining.com/

http://www.ego4u.com/

http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html

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